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It had been an up-and-down summer for Jefferson City Renegades pitcher Nick Panagos, but he saved his best outing for the perfect moment. Panagos tossed a complete-game shutout Saturday night against the three-time defending MINK League champion St. Joseph Mustangs, sending the Renegades to their first ever MINK League title with a 4-0 victory in Game 3 of the Championship Series at Phil Welch Stadium.

It had been an up-and-down summer for Jefferson City Renegades pitcher Nick Panagos, but he saved his best outing for the perfect moment. Panagos tossed a complete-game shutout Saturday night against the three-time defending MINK League champion St. Joseph Mustangs, sending the Renegades to their first ever MINK League title with a 4-0 victory in Game 3 of the Championship Series at Phil Welch Stadium.

The Jefferson City Renegades were three outs away from their first MINK League title on two occasions, but the St. Joseph Mustangs found a way to prevail Friday night at Phil Welch Stadium. The Renegades led 2-1 headed into the bottom of the ninth, but the Mustangs plated a run to tie it and send the game to extra innings. And again in the 12th inning, Jefferson City led 3-2 before St. Joseph pushed across two runs to pick up a 4-3 walk-off victory in Game 2 of the MINK League Championship Serie...

Jefferson City Renegades outfielder Kevin Sanchez was injured in early July and had just three at-bats since July 2 heading into Thursday’s MINK League Championship Series game against the St. Joseph Mustangs. But after pinch-running in the ninth inning, Sanchez came to the plate with two outs and a runner on first base in the bottom of the 10th inning in a game tied at 7. Sanchez blasted the first pitch he saw to right field. The ball bounced off right fielder Brayden Luikart and hit the top ...

On paper, the Jefferson City Renegades enter their first-ever MINK League Championship Series as the underdog against the St. Joseph Mustangs. The Mustangs ended the regular season with the league’s best record at 29-15 and are looking for their fourth consecutive MINK League title when the best-of-3 series opens up at 7 p.m. today at Vivion Field.

For the first time in the organization’s six-season history, the Jefferson City Renegades are headed to the MINK League Championship Series. The Renegades punched their ticket by claiming the South Division championship Tuesday at the Joplin Outlaws, jumping out to a big lead early and then holding on late for a 9-5 victory.

Step 1 was securing a home MINK League playoff game for the Jefferson City Renegades. Step 2 was winning it. And the Renegades put together one of their most complete efforts of the season Monday night en route to a 9-4 first-round victory against the Sedalia Bombers at Vivion Field.

Step 1 was securing a home MINK League playoff game for the Jefferson City Renegades. Step 2 was winning it. And the Renegades put together one of their most complete efforts of the season Monday night en route to a 9-4 first-round victory against the Sedalia Bombers at Vivion Field.

The plan for Saturday night’s game against the Joplin Outlaws changed Saturday morning when the Jefferson City Renegades found out they did not hold the potential tiebreaker against the Outlaws. Instead of business as usual, the Renegades used Saturday’s contest to knock some rust off for the guys who have not seen as much playing time lately as the team prepares for the start of the MINK League playoffs Monday.

The Jefferson City Renegades have put together their best season yet in the organization’s short history, and there’s one major reason to be credited. The Renegades brought a roster of roughly 30 players into the season, and they wrapped up their final game of the regular season Saturday with 27 of those guys still showing up every day with the same goal of winning.